Undine
European folklore beings associated with water / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Undine (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Undyne.
Undines (/ˈʌndiːnz, ənˈdiːnz/; also ondines) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern literature and art through such adaptations as Danish Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 "The Little Mermaid" and the 1811 novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
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Grouping | Legendary creature |
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First attested | In folklore |
Region | Europe |
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